Oct 26

My Top 7 After 7 Years: Podcast Done.

I have been making Who ARTed for seven years, and I appreciate everyone who has supported the show and learned along with me over that time. To wrap it all up, I put together a collection of seven of my favorite mini episodes. Learn about all sorts of works, including Paul Van Ho ... Show More

1h 14m

Oct 19

Author Interview: Doreen Carvajal | The Girl in Blue

My guest this week was Doreen Carvajal, author of The Girl in Blue: Renoir's Portrait of a Dynasty Erased. In our conversation, Carvajal shared her insights into the girl behind the portrait, her family and what happened to them during World War 2. Find Doreen Carvajal online: ht ... Show More

46m 30s

Oct 12

Robert Longo | Men in the Cities

My guest this week is Tim Bogatz from The Art of Education and host of Art Ed Radio. He was kind enough to join me to talk about Robert Longo. American artist Robert Longo rose to prominence as a defining figure of the late 20th-century art scene, widely recognized for his monume ... Show More

43m 42s

Sep 2023

Michelangelo

At 31, Michelangelo was considered the finest artist in Italy, perhaps the world. Long before he died at almost 90, he was widely believed to be the greatest sculptor or painter who had ever lived. Few of his works - including the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, David</e ... Show More

42m 29s

Feb 2024

Michelangelo

Michelangelo was one of the greatest artists of his time, with works such as the Sistine Chapel and his sculpture of David, earning him an enduring place in history. Amid the complex Italian politics of his time, Michelangelo navigated powerful dynasties, religious upheavals, and ... Show More

54m 30s

Apr 2022

The Sistine Chapel

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the astonishing work of Michelangelo (1477-1564) in this great chapel in the Vatican, firstly the ceiling with images from Genesis (of which the image above is a detail) and later The Last Judgement on the altar wall. For the Papacy, Michelangelo's ... Show More

55m 50s

Feb 2018

Michelangelo

Born in Italy on March 6, 1475, Michelangelo was destined to create outstanding and genius works of art. Although his family was of a lower class and discouraged him from pursuing a more noble career in the arts, Michelangelo followed his passion for art even as a young boy. And ... Show More

45m 47s

Oct 2017

Leonardo Da Vinci

“The Mona Lisa”. “The Last Supper”. “The Vitruvian Man”. Leonardo Da Vinci’s work still inspires over five hundred years later. But what about the man behind the paintings? He was an illegitimate child, a graverobber, and briefly lived at the Vatican. Carter and Vanessa explore t ... Show More

42m 30s

Oct 2020

David by Michelangelo

David by the incredible Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo is a fascinating work of Biblical proportions. To learn more, listen to this episode of Accessible Art History: The Podcast. For images and sources, please visit this blog post: https://www.ac ... Show More

8m 12s

Feb 2016

A Brief History of the Pietà

While Michelangelo's sculpture of Mary holding the deceased body of Christ is the most famous depiction of that moment in art, that scene has been the focus of many works. And once, the famous version took a trip across the ocean. Learn more about your ad-choices a ... Show More

35m 40s

Aug 2022

SYMHC Classics: Giorgio Vasari

This 2018 episode covers an artist and architect from 16th-century Italy. But what really made him famous was his writing. He penned biographies of famous artists, but he wasn't very exacting about the details.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

28m 11s

Sep 2016

Episode #4: The Problem of Michelangelo's Women (Season 1, Episode 4)

There are lots of questions that come up in every art history classroom. We hear them over and over again. What is art, really, and how can you define it? Why is the Mona Lisa smiling? What happened to the Winged Victory's arms? And then there's one that you'll hear, or that you' ... Show More

35m 34s

Michelangelo | The Sistine Chapel Ceilin...